Shower Leaking into the kitchen

[Vicdiy]

Yes you are right, I only looked at the shower pump on the attached photos and assumed the main pictures were their bathroom.Why would you enclose brochure photos?

Actually I think I can answer my own question, on reading the original post more carefully she referred to these as something she might change to. Silly me I will slap my own hands, I thought it was an incredibly sleek, clean bathroom!

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Wouldn’t install the trims. Never came across any trim which was done right. They always leak and leave horrible marks. As KOP said, re sealing would the job.

Apologies was only trying to be helpful, I don't like trims myself. Good quality sanitary silicone and use Elch or Fugi tools and or course Wonder Wipes or similar to clean up with as you go!

 

[Jim Goodenough]

A good clean up and reseal should sort the problem out done alot worse than that, I do maintenance in a hotel the baths are always moving due to being poorly installed in the first place not had one beat me yet best of KOP.

Evening KOP,

Can I ask you what you find best to clean old sealant/silicone off with, after the Stanley knife blade, fore finger and thumb nails (or what's left of them of course ) ?

Cheerz

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Evening KOP,

Can I ask you what you find best to clean old sealant/silicone off with, after the Stanley knife blade, fore finger and thumb nails (or what's left of them of course ) ?

Cheerz

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Evening KOP,

Can I ask you what you find best to clean old sealant/silicone off with, after the Stanley knife blade, fore finger and thumb nails (or what's left of them of course ) ?

Cheerz

screwfixs own silicon cleaner for me

 

[Welder]

Looking at the images of the gap, I noticed the original installer hadn't even taken the plastic off the bath.

The first thing I would do is chemically clean the space where the new silicone is going. So, using something like isopropyl alcohol I'd make sure the bottom edge of the tiles is spotless and then also clean every trace of silicone off it and clean with the IPA again.

I'd then put in a support under the bath edge to make sure it cant drop again.

Then, I'd do as KOP would and reseal getting it right in and under and finishing properly.

 

[king of pipes]

No easy way jim usually a stanley knife and also the ones with the snap off blades for more reach , scrapers various sorts , tried the paint on silicone removers but not great they do soften it to a point , plenty of industrial wipes and blue roll and elbow grease really mate . Cheers kop

 

[Ben-gee]

Yes I agree, no easy way and no short cuts. That’s why my heart literally drops 3” inside me when the dreaded phrase “while you’re here could you just re-seal the bath” - they think it’s a five minute job whereas in reality it isn’t.
If one could formulate something to actually remove old silicone there’s a fortune to be made, and us plumbers will love you forever.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

MT KOP

 

[rpm]

It looks like a lovely bathroom. Ideally the tiles should sit on the shower tray but not essential, re seal with sealant making sure it is squirted in to the gap as well as on top and finish with a sealant tool, my daughter's bathroom had the tiles behind the shower tray and I had no problem sealing but check and resell every six months or so, it only takes about an hour to scrape out and resell.I would definitely not change to an electric shower, the flow rate is nowhere near as good and they don't look that good. You will not need new shower tray and doors.I may be wrong but if the bathroom has a window that can be opened I don't think you have to have an extract. My bathroom is quite large and if it gets too steamy we just open the window for a couple of minutes. The problem with extracts that are linked to the light switch is they are extracting heat when you don't want them to.Shower pumps normally work or don't so I don't know what the problem is there but a new pump would cost a lot less than all the other things you were suggesting. I hope this helps.

Vicdiy, your user name says a lot, just about every point in your reply is diy.
ie Check and reseal every six months? Are you for real?